Shortcodes

Shortcodes  let you display specific content on the pages of your online store. The content could be anything- from displaying products to checkout page- depends on what action you want your visitors to perform.

Woocommerce comes with a list of shortcodes that allows you to customize your pages/posts by displaying products/product categories, and much more. So, instead of simply adding links to your product pages, etc., you can display product, set of products, and product categories on your blog posts as per your requirement by using a shortcode with an argument.

One of the many cases, when shortcodes are helpful, is when you are launching a new product and want to make your visitors aware of the product through a blog post. You can add the product to the blog post to improve your odds of selling.

 

Using shortcodes to add a product to blog posts

To add a product to a blog post using a shortcode, add the shortcode with an argument.

 

In this case the argument is “sku”.

”global_data_unlimited-15” is the product sku

You can also add the product by using the product ID.

 

Example

The relevant product has been added to the blog page at the bottom.

Likewise, you can add shortcodes to display pages, products categories, product page, related products, and add to cart to any page/post of your website by using the following shortcodes.

 

Woocommerce shortcodes for pages

Shortcode	Argument	Meaning
Your cart is currently empty.	None	shows the cart page
	None	shows the checkout page
Login Username or email address * Password * Remember me Log in Lost your password?	None	shows the user account page
To track your order please enter your Order ID in the box below and press the "Track" button. This was given to you on your receipt and in the confirmation email you should have received. Order ID Billing email Track	None	shows the order tracking form

 

Other Woocommerce shortcodes

Shortcode	Argument	Meaning
featured_products	per_page, columns, orderby, order	Shows featured products
product	id or sku	Shows a single product
product_page	id or sku	Shows details of a product
product_category	per_page, columns, orderby, order, category	Shows products in a category
product_categories	number, orderby, order, columns, hide_empty, parent, ids	Shows existing product categories
add_to_cart_url	id or sku	Displays the URL of the “add to cart” button of a product
add_to_cart	id or sku, style	Displays price and the “add to cart” button of a product
sale_products	per_page, columns, orderby, order	Display products on sale
top_rated_products	per_page, columns, orderby, order	Shows top-rated products
best_selling_products	per_page, columns	Displays best selling products
product_attribute	per_page, columns, orderby, order, attribute, filter	Shows products with an attribute
related_products	per_page, columns, orderby	Displays related products